Foreign Language in schools

In Most other countries around the world start teaching foreign languages to their students around the age of 7. Research has shown that children are better able to learn a language because their brain are still forming language and are less susceptible to the natural pruning that occurs in the brain. Most American students do not begin learning a foreign language until they are about 12 years old and entering junior high. Do you think it would be more beneficial to introduce foreign languages early in our school system? What languages would you like to learn and why?